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 Biography: Eleanor Clift is a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine. She reports on the White House, presidential politics, and a variety of national issues. She was assigned to cover the Democratic primaries and the challenger to President Bush in the 2004 election. She also reports for the magazine on the conflicts over economic and domestic policies and priorities on Capitol Hill. Her column, "Capitol Letter", is posted each week on Newsweek.com and MSNBC.com. Clift is a regular panelist on the nationally syndicated show, The McLaughlin Group, and a political analyst for the Fox News Network. Playing herself as a member of the McLaughlin Group, she has appeared in several films, including Independence Day, Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania and Dave, as well as the CBS series, Murphy Brown. Clift's latest book, Founding Sisters (2003), tells the story of the long struggle for passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. The book meshes with the HBO movie Iron Jawed Angels, starring Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston. Clift and her late husband, Tom Brazaitis, Washington columnist for the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, are co-authored the book, Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling (2000), which tracks the rise of women in politics and looks ahead to the day when there will be a woman on the national ticket. Publishers Weekly calls it "a sharp, insider's view of the quest to elect a female U.S. president...melding the immediacy of a breaking news story with savvy investigative journalism." Their earlier book. "War Without Bloodshed: The Art of Politics," was published in 1996. CNN news analyst Jeff Greenfield said in The New York Times Book Review, "War Without Bloodshed unquestionably works as a road map through the byways of the Washington they don't teach in civics classes." Formerly a deputy bureau chief and Newsweek's White House correspondent, Ms. Clift continues to write about the White House, Congress and the political scene. She was a member of the magazine's 1992 election team and followed Bill Clinton's campaign from the start. She reported on the 2004 presidential election for a special post-election issue of the magazine and for a possible book on the campaign. |
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Programs: A View From Washington: In addition to providing a fresh, entertaining and informative overview of what's happening in the nation's capital, Eleanor Clift tailors her remarks to the issues of concern to your particular audience. She is also an outstanding program moderator. |
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